Re: Is there a limit on the number of devices you can have?

[kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hello!

> you can have in a system, but I'm curious if anyone knows any practical
> limits? 

Try and you will see. 8)


>        Are there any linear searches (ie walk the device list) other than
> one-time configuration and other non-critical path instances?

Yes, all the devices are in single linked list.

This list is not searched in data paths, but some applications
will have pain in any case, if list is too long.


Actually, if you need more than _several_ devices, your concept
is funny. If you need 1000 VLANs, create one NBMA device, what is
the problem?

Alexey Kuznetsov